Mexico’s Strategic Academic Mobility Program to the US Results and Perspectives Martha Navarro-Albo Director General for Technical and Scientific Cooperation, AMEXCID General Coordinator of Proyecta 100,000 Boston, Massachusetts
North America: the most competitive region in the global market 21% The 3 countries in North 29% America produce the same as 28 European nations or 13 Asian countries. 22% 28% Europe East Asia Rest of the world 2 Source: World Economic Outlook Database . International Monetary Fund, 2014
Mexico’s trade with the United States compared with the rest of the world Trade with South America (US$29 billion) Trade with Trade with the Central European Union America (US$9 (US$62 billion) billion) Even together our country trade less with these regions than with 4 US border states: California, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas (US$271 billion) 3
The U.S. is Mexico’s largest trading partner Our total trade in 2013 was around US$507 billion . With our other major partners: China: US$67 billion European Union: US$62 billion Canada: US$32 billion Mexico’s total foreign trade in 2013 4
Mexico is the U.S. third largest trade partner. France Saudi Arabia 3% 3% Brazil 3% South Korea 4% United Kingdom 5% Canada 25% Germany 6% Japan 9% China 22% Mexico 20% U.S. Top 10 trade partners 5
Mexico and the U.S.: trade and student mobility Fuente: Open Doors Report 2014; US Census Bureau; CIA: The World Factbook 6
Which are Mexico’s students destinations around the world? 1 United States 14,779 2 Spain 2,542 3 France 2,246 4 Germany 1,668 5 United Kingdom 1,519 6 Canada 1,089 7 Cuba 867 8 Australia 592 9 Italy 394 10 Netherlands 297 Source: Global Flow of Tertiary-Level Students, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2013 7
North America is committed to become the most competitive and dynamic region in the world Proposal presented by the Mexican Consultation Group of FOBESII (formed by 38 academic, public, and private institutions) MAY 2013 MAY 2014 SEPTEMBER 2013 Presidents Obama and Peña FOBESII oficial launch in the Nieto announced a new presence of Secretaries cooperation mechanism: Jose Antonio Meade, Emilio Bilateral Forum on Higher Chuayffet and John Kerry. Education, Research and Innovation 8
Proyecta 100,000: Goals Proyecta 100,000 is the result of the joint efforts of Mexican stakeholders and experts from the academic, public, private, and non-governmental sectors. It is a Mexican initiative which goal is to have by 2018, 100 thousand Mexican students, faculty and researchers with learning experiences in the United States and 50 thousand U.S. students, faculty and researchers studying in Mexico . It also encourages the multiplication of binational research and innovation centers, language teaching, and the promotion of academic exchange opportunities. Annual Goals Base* 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 (inertial Accomplished mobility) Mexican students in the US 14,779 27,000 46,000 64,500 82,500 100,000 Includes undergraduate and graduate mobility, faculty mobility, internships, English language courses and other academic short stays. Annual Growth rate varies for each modality. Short-stays have a bigger annual growth rate. 9 * Source: Institute of International Education, Open Doors
Proyecta 100,000: Rationale behind the ESL initial strategy EF English Proficiency Index English proficiency in Latinamerica Argentina 59.02 53.65 Dominican… Peru 51.46 • 4 out of 14 Latinamerican countries included in EF EPI 2014 51.05 Ecuador have English proficiency above the regional average . Brazil 49.96 Mexico 49.83 • Mexico showed a low English proficiency Uruguay 49.61 Chile 48.75 48.54 Colombia Costa Rica 48.52 46.11 Venezuela Guatemala 45.77 Panama 43.70 El Salvador 43.45 10
Proyecta 100,000: Rationale behind the initial strategy English language proficiency in Mexico: a challenge for academic cooperation Adult population in Mexico: 77 million people 12.9 % of the adult population claim to speak English: 9.5 million Mexicans 12 % claims to read English perfectly fine 9 % claims to speak it fluently, which represent approximately 850,000 people 120 millons in 2014 11
Proyecta 100,000: Rationale behind the initial strategy English language proficiency in Mexico: a tool for human capital formation Economically Active Population in Mexico: 52 million people Has taken some kind of work training 100% Has taken some kind of language training 35% 0.5% 12
Proyecta 100,000: Rationale behind the initial strategy Learning English in Mexico: a challenge for international mobility 97% of students did not reach the level of English Overall, the students have poor results. However required by the Ministry of Education (SEP) to the less economically advantaged students tend graduate from high school (B1). to have the worst outcome. Low High Socioeconomic Socioeconomic Situation Situation Low High Socioeconomic Socioeconomic Situation Situation 13
2014 Results: Unprecedented strategic program, in budgetary and academic terms SEP-SRE-Proyecta 100,000, ESL Program 31,980 million USD Design and implementation of a Database Management System to allocate and monitor grant holders in each HEI in the US Launching of the Call during 5 weeks in all public HEIs in Mexico 23,740 applications 7,500 scholarships of $4,264 USD per grantee Priority criteria: Being beneficiary of the Prospera p rogram, of the Program for Social Prevention of Violence and Crime, to reside in one of the 400 priority municipalities of the National Crusade Against Hunger, being indigenous, living in rural or urban-rural disavantaged communities, having physical, visual or auditive handicaps, students of scientific and technological Majors, being women, and being single mothers. Representation of the 32 states in the country included Mexico City Negotiation of 7,500 spots in 142 HEIs of 40 states in the US Management of 7,500 passports and visas Binational work (SRE – US Embassy and Consulates in Mexico) Participation of 28 Mexican consulates for welcoming, monitoring and supporting extra-curricular activities 14
2014 Results: SEP-SRE-Proyecta 100,000 ESL Call Top 20 Majors INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING 366 MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING 228 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING Gender Distribution 202 ARCHITECTURE 99 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING 96 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 92 42% ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERING 88 Men 58% MANAGEMENT 82 Women INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 75 BIOTECHNOLOGY 72 BASIC EDUCATION 66 CIVIL ENGINEERING 60 Students/Teachers GASTRONOMY 59 Distribution METALWORKING ENGINEERING 59 ENGLISH TEACHER 58 CHEMISTRY ENGINEERING 57 54 BIOCHEMISTRY ENGINEERING 30% Students 54 SURGEON AND MIDWIFE DOCTOR 70% 52 Teachers HIGHER TECHNICIAN IN TOURISM 50 HIGHER TECHNICIAN IN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 15
2014 Results: SEP-SRE-Proyecta 100,000 ESL Call Top 10 Mexican States Top 10 American States MEXICO 732 CALIFORNIA 1535 JALISCO 606 TEXAS 1343 HIDALGO 421 ARIZONA 741 SINALOA 372 ILLINOIS 402 PUEBLA 365 WASHINGTON 320 CHIHUAHUA 323 312 FLORIDA 314 CHIAPAS 276 NEW MEXICO 293 250 DISTRITO FEDERAL OKLAHOMA 287 218 SONORA NEW YORK 257 184 VERACRUZ MISSOURI 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 16
2014 Results: SEP-SRE-Proyecta 100,000 ESL Call 732 Mexican home states 606 421 372 365 323 314 293 287 257 248 240 232 205 196 182 181 171 170 169 167 162 153 145 139 134 126 111 109 98 97 20 17
1000 1200 1400 1600 200 400 600 800 0 1535 California 1343 Texas 741 Arizona 402 Illinois 320 312 276 250 218 184 170 159 120 107 106 105 91 87 83 71 69 64 60 59 54 50 45 38 35 34 32 29 29 28 26 23 20 20 19 11 Washington Florida New Mexico Oklahoma New York Missouri Connecticut West Virginia Indiana Kentucky Kansas Michigan Mississippi U.S. host states Ohio Tennessee Alabama SEP-SRE-Proyecta 100,000 ESL Call Colorado Georgia Maryland Wisconsin Minnesota South Dakota Massachusetts Louisiana Delaware Utah Hawaii Idaho 2014 Results: Pennsylvania North Dakota North Carolina Virginia Maine New Jersey 18 Rhode Island South Carolina
2014 Results: Total mobility numbers Mobility achieved Programs July - December 2014 ESL Training Program for Students and 7,500 Teachers SEP-SRE-Proyecta 100,000 IME-Becas Program 1,212 296 SEP-Bécalos-Santander Universidades International Summer programs and another 2,900 Student and Academic mobility programs Total 11,908 Open Doors 2014, Institute of International 14,779 students and more than 1,500 faculty Education And more… 19
2015 Perspectives: Proyecta 100,000 Annual Mobility Goals Base 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2014-2018 (inertial mobility) Student and 14,779 27,000 46,000 64,500 82,000 100,000 319,500 faculty mobility Base (inertial mobility) 2015 goal 14,779 46,000 Difference of 31,221 20
2015 Perspectives: Transversal strategy Diversification of mobility modalities with a crossed axis on The Energy and Telecommunications Reforms Civil Private Federal State HEIs Funds Government Governments Companies Society 21
2015 Perspectives: Mobility for strenghtening English Skills 22
2015 Perspectives: Other modalities Other modalities 23
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